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Nearly 450,000 people 鈥?and counting 鈥?have signed up to the Enough is Enough campaign to tackle the UKs cost of living crisis.The new campaign, founded by trade unions and community organisations, has set demands that include pay rises, a reduction in energy bills and an end to food poverty, and comes as energy bills are forecast to reach 拢3,582 from October and 拢4,200 from January.Here, six people from across the UK explain why they joined the campaign.Unpaid carers are going to be hit hardView image in fullscreenMike OBrien I joined because I feel we need to see more action being taken by the UK government to tackle the cost of living and energy-price cap crisis. Unpaid carers are going to
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stanley cup e our concerns heard. My biggest worry is that Im not going to have enough money to pay bills and end up in energy debt. Lots of families with unpaid carers are on benefits 鈥?its a fixed income, theres no chance of working extra hours or making a bit of extra money. Well have to make that money stretch even further come October. I know theres the grants from the government, but going on what the price cap is going to be increased by, its just not going to cover it. Mike OBrien, 50, unpaid carer, Vale of Glamorgan, WalesI have started stockpiling wood Even though I earn a decent wage, after not having a pay rise for several years, and the fast increasing rise in bills, living cost
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The chief prosecutor of the international criminal court has secured arrest warrants in its most politically charged cases just as the judicial body grapples with an unpre
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water bottle stanley an extended period, as well as of coercive behaviour and abuse of authority.Lawyers for Khan, 54, have said he denies the whole of the allegations . The alleged victim, a lawyer in her 30s who worked for Khan, has previously declined to comment.Last week the ICCs governing body referred the allegations to a UN oversight watchdog, the Office of Internal Oversight Services OIOS , despite concerns raised at the highest levels of the court about Khans ties to the body. Khan and the alleged victim are expected to be interviewed in the coming weeks.The public emergence of the allegations last month came at an
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